shoe
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English shoo, from Old English scōh (“shoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz (“shoe", literally "covering”) (cf. West Frisian skoech, Dutch schoen, German Schuh, Swedish sko), from Proto-Indo-European *skeuk- (cf. Tocharian B skāk ‘balcony’), from *(s)keu- (“to cover”). More at sky.
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[edit] Noun
- A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
- Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.
- A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
- Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.
- Something resembling a shoe by function, like a brake shoe.
- Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.
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[edit] Derived terms
- if the shoe fits
- the shoe is on the other foot
- shoebeam, shoegear
- shoegazing
- shoeshine
- stand in someone's shoes
[edit] Translations
protective covering for the foot
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piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse’s foot — see horseshoe
something resembling a shoe (e.g. brake shoe)
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[edit] See also
[edit] Verb
shoe (third-person singular simple present shoes, present participle shoeing, simple past shod or shoed, past participle shodden or shod or shoed)
- To put shoes on one's feet.
- …men and women clothed and shod for the ascent… — Michel Potay, The Gospel Delivered in Arès, 26:6, 1995
- To put horseshoes on a horse.
- 1874— Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, chapter XXXII
- "Old Jimmy Harris only shoed her last week, and I'd swear to his make among ten thousand."
- 1874— Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, chapter XXXII
- To equip an object with a protection against wear.
- The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.
[edit] Translations
to put horseshoes on a horse
to equip with protection
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